Bin Laden deputy attacks West over cartoon insults

Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, criticised the West for its insult to Islam’s prophet and called for continued holy war to reclaim Palestinian lands, in a video broadcast on Al-Jazeera today.

Osama bin Laden’s deputy also expressed support for Hamas, the militant Islamic group that swept Palestinian parliamentary elections in January, and its refusal to recognise Israel.